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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1899)
TUT ! ) OMAHA DAILY 1HDI3 : "WEDX 12SDAV , MAT 10 , 1805) ) . HEALTH OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RefoTma Ktwwaty to Safeguard tha Rising Generation , SUGGESTIONS FROM AN EXPERT OBSERVER Another KiliiLMitor A | > i > 1 ml ( lip Ilcne- tun of the It oil AiMillril to Re fractory I'liplU IMu- cntlomil .Vote * . The problem of guarding the health of children In the Diibllo schools Is receiving earnest attention from educators and others charged with their safeguarding. Much progress In that direction has been made. It l manifested In modern methods of sani tation and ventilation of school buildings. In watching the effect of different grades of light on children's eyesight and diminishing that shown to bo Injurious , and In the gradual shaping the hours of study tb null their ago and physical condition. But much remains to bo done before the schools reach hyclonlc perfection. lr. ) W. E , Hathaway discusses the subject In a paper In a late number ot the Outlook. Tor a quarter of a century ho has been a patron and careful observer of the public schools and therefore Qualified to speak of fiomo of the faulty conditions ot school life. Ho says : "The curriculum of study is somewhat llko n cast-iron mold. Into which nil the children nro nllko to bo fitted. It Is ap parent that all do not equally need and will not equally profit by certain branches ot study , It ID equally clear that some must of necessity be seriously Injured by attempt ing -to keep pace with others whoso physical nnd mental endowments arc moro nmplo and enduring , The question has often occurred to me , Why should not all pupils pursue an elective courke ? "Tho number of studies should be reduced. All competent physiologists are aware that our public schools nro attempting lee much. Still the work Is being steadily Increased TIme and nervous energy , for which there Is already moro than full demand to accom plish the required night work , are also ex hausted upon side Issues. The strife for grade , so sedulously cultivated , Is almost an \ unmitigated evil. Parents should require children to close books at 9 o'clock p. m. nnd go to bed , In spite of tearful pleadings and protestations that they have so many problems to work and will got a low per cent If they do not work on. "Children should not bo expected or re quired to study at home. The average time spent in the school room Is quite ns many hours as growing children should bo kept up to Intense mental application. Study required of children beyond this and nt night by lamp or gas light and under the sense of fear of failure and dls- grace Is n serious menace to their future health and usefulness. Education , how ever valuable , cannot in the nature of things exceed the value ot the llto which it Is to qualify and adorn. Required study should bo limited to the time spent under the care ot the teacher , and If there arc difficulties to be overcome nnd explana tions to be made the teacher Is the one who should glvo this assistance. Realizing how severe the requirements are nnd how very much the children of Intelligent par ents depend upon them for explanation nnd aid , I pity those who have no competent homo teachers. The schools could bo so conducted thnt these who Inck home in struction should not bo placed at BO great a disadvantage In respect to school work and standing. This difficulty would bo cor rected so far ns It ought to bo , perhaps , If all required study were done In school. In cidentally wo should mnko n great gain In the health of the pupils. Defective Kuril It lire- . "Now ae to school furniture. Some chil dren are compelled to use Inappropriate desks too small and too low. Wou'.il It not bo an easy matter to set up desks at the beginning of each term adapted to the use of the pupils who are to occupy them ? If ono or two days at the beginning of each term were employed in adjusting desks would It not bo commendable reform ? In jured eyes , oplnal curvatures , contracted chests , complaining stomachs , debilitated hearts nil testify to the Importance of giv ing attention to this subject. "Wo have little with which to find fault In recent construction of school buildings. Some Improvement might bo possible In the matter of light ; nnd moro In respect to heating and ventilation. Teachers are \ sometimes Inconsiderate In admitting a draught upon children , who must sit still and endure It. Too much light Is worse than not enough In the moro destructive effects upon the eyes. Excessive light causes an involuntary closing of the pupilary space ; and this 1 fympathetlcally transferred to the Internal ocular muscles Jf ot accommodation which adjust the cyos for near vision , To see well In Intense light the object must bo drawn closer to the eycfl than normal conditions require. This stimulates to more Intense effort nt accommodation nnd convergence , nnd rapidly exhausts the nervous and muscular energy of the eye. The continued tension of the eyeball Interferes with the circulation 0.1 blood in the vessels of the retina , producing congestion and deficient nutrition. From these may develop nny form of destructive Inflammation or degeneration of visual power. Often structural changes result , dis arranging the relations of lens and retina , or changing the curvature and refractive power of lens or cornea , developing astigmatism or myopia the latter ottcn In a malignant and destructive form which rapidly destroys visual power. Statistics show that whllo nearly all children enter school with com paratively normal vision , when the high schools are reached 25 per cent nro found to have developed myopia whllo In tbo uni versities 75 per cent have acquired tbo same malformation , I refrain from entering upon n technical discussion ot what the arrange ment nnd supply , of light should bo. This subject has been amply treated by moro competent authority. A public demand that , the well understood scientific rules already laid donn must bo observed Is what Is more essential. ' liu'iuro Wilt or. "Great Interest Is awakened In regard to the water supply of largo communities ; and vast sums nro being invested to meet the public requirements. Still , however , for years to come , wo shall probably continue to permit our children at school to drink Im pure water. It would bo cnsy lo provide boiled , cooled and rectified water at very plight cost. For myself , I have no faith In tbo accomplishment of filtration on a very grand scale , even If It Is ever possible. A filter , at best , Is apt to be a delusion and a snare. Filtered water Is liable to bo more dangerous than the same water Is before subjecting it to such process. A simple COMPANY'S ' EXTRACT OF I1EKP Ii Indltpentable In tha culinary department ct ctcry household. Every Jtr ilgnedinbluei Icvlre [ or bolting , cooling , re-neriulng nnd clearing water for drinking purpoM * , which will do Its work almost automntlcftlly , nnd with little moro attention than a stopcock , 00 a lil be put Into all school buildings tit very small pout. Such an apparatus would render any sort of water potable , wholesome anil agreeable anil * ould bnnlsh typhoid fever and ninny other forms of enteric dlcease. "Plr > slcnl training In nur schools seems , 1 regret to say , to be a sorry kind of farto. Uxorclso rooms , gymnasiums , arc provided n most or all buildings , In which some work s Irregularly done , nnd to which the children are permitted to go , possibly three or four times n year , to romp at will. The adequate dally drill that fhoulil set them up , n accordance with ho best Ideal of form s mostly omitted ; I do not mean to tay that t Is wholly neglected. No attention Is paid : o chest measurement or development. No thought Is apparently given to the question as to whether the heart Is acting normally or If It has proper room for the performance of Its function. Absolutely no effort Is made : o disseminate correct Information In regard to food , or endeavor to see that school children are properly fed. The pretzel man Iocs a thriving business at the fence ; and the petty shops that Ho In wait for the children's pennies deal out vile candy , etc. , for the destruction of their teeth and digestion. "Tho typo used In text books of recent manufacture Is a great Improvement over that with which children ivcro afflicted In tormor years. They are still , however , too much confined to text books always study ing about , rather than the things them- fclves. Much more use might , with great advantage , bo made of wall charts. This might bo managed to glvo frequent breaks in the too close application resulting In .near vision nnd cramped positions , and thus secure free play to the lungs and heart , "Oral Instruction deserves larger con sideration. This Involves , to bo sure , better qualification on the part of the teacher ; but moro thorough preparation and higher pro fessional standing means Increased dignity and consideration , and ought to mean In creased pay. Tt'iu'licri Not IleM "Tho teachers are not responsible , to any great extent , for the defects of our educa tional system. They nro required to manufacture , BO to speak , so many yards of learning per child In a given time ; and must needs push and fume to ac complish the task. It Is a grave reflection upon their fitness nnd fidelity that It should be considered necessary to pcr- pctrato those frequent examinations of the children to see how the process is pro ceeding. If the student's progress Is not apparent In the dally recitation It is diffi cult to imagine how any system of exami nations can make it more so. Why cru cify the little people every sixty days as a. means of discovery whether the teacher is working up the raw material with sufficient thoroughness and celerity ? With an elect ive course for each , pupil examinations would be a practical Impossibility and their elimination a Joy forover. I think they must have been an invention of the Chinese , and they still flourish In that land of duplicity and moral dry-rot ; and there , manhood has ceased to exist save In an outward form. Dr. Halo's recent evi dence about the moral delinquency of the student candidates for literary honors Is at least but the natural and to-be-expected result of such a system. Who Is there , who can do so , who does not recall with delight a quiet country school house and the teacher who did not know too much or at tempt to teach a great deal , but who made pehnol days a delight , and a little study mixed with much play quite endurable ? Thn pupils may not have been Impressed with the gravity or the immensity of learn ing. In fact , they did not learn so vastly much. They simply grew ! If they were fortunate In their teacher , they loved her devotedly and were inspired to true and noble thoughts nnd manly and womanly purposes to act their part worthily in the world. The great Influence in the scho > 1 was the power of a true and sweet por- sonallts- . Our children today ara being wrought In the processes of an educational machine. They nro the woof of an Intel lectual warp or the pieces of a mental mosaic and count OB Items of n grand pattern , with small personal consequence and little Individuality. "Aro wo not In danger of destroying the ability of our children to think 'by ' a sur feit of conglomerate information ? "They require tlnio to assimilate mental nutriment ns well ns physical sustenance ; and , In respect to one as well aa the other , may safely be trusted to obey the laws of nature. " I > lllieltlniUllOtCH. . The cost of maintaining the public schools of Salt Lake City for the current year foots up $355,400. Uy tho. will of Mrs. Luther Ettlng of Poughkeepsle Vassar college gets $ S,000 with which to found n scholarship. Miss Mary Moran , who died In Baltimore recently , left $10,000 as an endowment for the Celtic chair In the Catholic University of America at Washington. The public school teachers of Derby , Conn. , are up In arms because the Board of Edu cation baa begun n crusade against the bicycle skirt ns an article of wearing ap parel unfit for the school room. Blcyclo costumes In the school room have Indeed already been prohibited on solicitation of people who object to them and the schoolmarms - marms propose to fight. i When President Taylor of Vassar was considering his call to the presidency of Brown university a student of the latter In stitution tefegraphed this to a Vnsaar girl whom he know : "Tho Taylor makes the man. Wo have a thousand men. " After the announcement of the president's decision the Vassar girl responded : "Wear your old clothes. We keep the Taylor. " The law In regard to the conveyance ot school children , enacted by the last fegls- laturo of 'Maine , went Into effect April 11. The slst of the now law Is that the super intending school committee Is the body that decides who shall be carried to and from bchool nnd who shall not , at the expense of the town. It also gives the body the right to board a child near the school house In rase the expense would be the same or less than the conveyance each day would amount to. Recognition of the faithful services of public school teachers of Greater Now York , though somewhat tardy , has at latt come. The Ahenrn bin , before the Now York legis lature , providing for an extra appropriation of ? 500noo for salaries , -was signed by Mayor Van Wyck In the presence of 200 teachers last Saturday , who filled his ofllco to see that the bachelor executive ) would fulfill the wish that beamed forth In every eye , Through the bill every teacher In Now York will receive from $50 to $200 a year Increase In salary , "Tho trustees of the University of Penn sylvania , " Bays the Philadelphia Press , "an- nounco the receipt of another gift of $25,000 toward the cost of constructing tbo now $300.000 law building. This gift 'was rondo up as an offering from the friends nnd former clients of Klchard C. McMurtrle , who died several years ago , nnd It Is given with the condition that ono of the halls of the law uulldlng lie named McMurtrlo hall , A tablet properly Inscribed Is to bo placed on the wall of the hall nnd a bust or portrait of Mr , McMurtrlo Is to be placed there also , to bo kept aa a perpetual memorial to him. Mortality htntltitleii. The following births nnd deaths \\ero re ported to the health commissioners during the last twenty-four bourn ; Blrthi John Fleming , 3522 North Twenty- eighth , boy ; Alvls Trolbal , 1915 South Twenty-first , girl ; J. D. Sanders , 261214 Sherman avenue , boy ; Frank Carlln , 210S CapltoF avenue , twin girls ; Johnson , Forty-seventh and Jones , boy ; Joseph S Lnbanowskl. South Omaha , boy , Deaths Patrick O'Brien , county hospital "H years ; Mary E. Peters , Rogers , Neb. , 6 ( years ; Helru Rhoadea , Sixteenth and How ard. 2 years. FRYING TO PROVE INSANITY John Kcrr Depends Upon This Issue in His Trial for Murder , WITNESSES TESTIFY TO PECULIARITIES Attempt to Cnit Holleetloim on the Character of HIM Divorced Wife In Onlcr to Show IJITeet of Her Conduct on Kcrr. Judge Baker's continuous session ot crlm- nal court was entirely devoted yesterday o the consideration ot evidence that was ntroduced for the purpose of Inducing the ury to believe that John Kcrr was not nentalty responsible when ho fired the shot that killed John Reid. Testimony In regard to cirntlc and peculiar statements and actions on the part of the defendant were multiplied and It Is understood that experts will now 10 called Into the case to state whether these peculiarities arc evidence ot Insanity. Another feature of the day was the Intro duction of evidence that reflected on the personal character of Mrs. Kerr , and while the state Interposed objections at every point , much of It was ad mitted as tending to show experiences that might hnvo exercised au Influence on the mental condition ot the dcfendnnt. Smith Brown of Waterloo precinct said lie has known Kcrr for eight years. Up to two years ago ho was n peaceable law- abiding citizen , but slnco then he has been different. Brown related a number of Inci dents In which Kcrr had talked In n some what erratic manner. He was always talk ing about his wife and his other troubles and usually ended by crying. His peculi arities dated from the time his wife left him. The admlsslblllty of the opinion of Lho witness was the subject of a repetition of some of the argumenta of the day before , after which the objection was overruled and the witness declared that ho believed Kcrr was Insane. Brown said during the cross-qxnmlnatlon that ho first formed the opinion that Kerr was Insane on ono occasion when Kcrr came to his house nnd seemed to have the Im pression that his wife was there. The wit ness said that subsequently ho had sug gested to some of his neighbors that Kerr was insane nnd they told him that they thought so too. General Cowln tried to break the force of this evidence by asking the witness if ho would have considered him insane if ho had killed Mrs. Brown , but objections to these questions were sustained. On redirect Brown detailed some additional eccentricities on the part of the defendant. Those consisted of comparatively unimpor tant Incidents , but the witness considered them peculiar. At times Kerr -would pass the witness without noticing him ; at others ho would drive his team along the road nt a sharp trot with his head down and the witness had to get off the road in order to avoid a collision. In ono instance ho had seen Koir drive hla team at a gallop with sixty bushels of corn on the wagon. A \clKlilior TcllM Wlmt He bmv. The next witness was William Brown , who occupied a farm five miles south of Waterloo and adjoining the Kerr farm. He saw Kerr about once n week. In June , 1897 , Kerr came to him to ask him If ho know anything about the relations of Mrs. Kerr to his hired men. The witness related the conversation In detail. He had told Kerr thnt In 1892 he had seen Mrs. Kerr In n , wagon in the field with a hired man named McGulre. The witness was plowing at the time and when ho came around to the same point again Mrs. Kcrr and the hired man were still In the wagon. During the same conversation ho had told Kerr that ho had heard other persons talk about Mrs. Korr. On hearing this Kerr began to rub his hands aw > . cry. Continuing , the witness stated that from this time ho noticed a change In Kerr's ap pearance and actions. When ho talked to him on any question of business Kerr would break away suddenly and insist on talking about his troubles. Previously Kerr was al ways cheerful and good natural , but from that time he would always talk about his trouble .and cry. He worked for Kerr In May , 1897 , and sevora'l times ho saw Kerr get up in the night and go out in his under clothes and sit on the piazza. ( Brown was rather sharply attacked In re gard to the wagon Incident on cross-exam ination , but ho stuck to his story and added that the "samo incident had been observed by his father. Ho testified , however , that for years Kerr went out on the road and left Mrs. Kerr to run the farm alone with one hired man , who slept In the house. He In- slated on his conclusion that Kerr was not in his right mind after his wife left him. Dora Ogle of Valley said that she was employed by the Kerr family In 1804 or 1893. She was there to bo company for Mrs. Kerr , and remained there two years. At that time Kcrr was on the road. He came homo once a week during that time. Ed McGulre seemed to have charge o ( the farm and lived at the house. A question whether Mrs. Kerr nnd McGuire had aeked the wit ness to wntch nnd wnrn thorn of Kerr's homecoming was vigorously objected to and the objections was sustained. Horn. ORle nonunion. The testimony of Dora Ogle was resumed In the afternoon and with a good deal of reluctance eho said that on ono occasion oho had told Kerr that when ho was aw.iy from home Mrs. Kerr nnd McGulre were In the bedroom together and they told the witness to wntch at the window nnd warn them If Kerr approached. On cross-exami nation she said that this statement was made when Kerr and and his attorney called on her to obtain her affidavit to bo used In u divorce suit against his wife. Frank T. Emerson of Waterloo said that he had known Kerr for ten or eleven wears nnd that he was acquainted with all the farmers In that localityAt the tlmo when B murder occurred Kerr bore a very good reputation. The witness testified In regard to Kerr's business capacity up to the tlmo of his domestic Infelicity. In May , 1898 , ho root Kerr on the train nnd Kerr naked him If ho had .heard of his trouble. The wit ness said ho had not , as ho had been out of town , nnd Kerr proceeded to relate his grievances nt length. lie said thnt his wife had been untrue to him nnd ho seemed to bo excessively despondent. Two weeks after ho met Kerr on the fctrcet and Kerr addressed htm with the same question and repented the same story. Ono minute he said ho was going to see his wife and ask her to live with him again , tbo next ho de clared that ho was going to glvo her half his property and go away , and again that ho was going to stay hero and light It out. Ho burst Into tears several times in the course of the interview. Ho met Kerr a third time a week later and Kcrr Insisted on telling him the same story a third time. Ho was very nervous and excited. Ono minute ho was very despondent nnd the next ho was Intense and vindictive. The witness concluded that Kerr was mentally unbalanced nnd was rapidly becoming a monomaniac on the question of his troubles. On the VvrKo of Inmmlty. Additional testimony in regard to Kerr's HajeAtoays BougM 7 -ZZ- * - < ICe i _ . JG C3l v Ihfl Kind you Hate ttnn BaugM Z/ / J L * 2 C * Cs v Bean tbo _ Ifo Kind You Ha > 8 Always BougM -s2- * 6& mental condition wiw contributed by Snmnol Toye , who sMd th t he considered him on the verge of Insnnlty if not nt olutely Irre sponsible ntter he hnd his family difficulty. He hud told Kerr on one oecnulon thnt ho unn not the Mine mnn nnd advlicd him not to dwell contlmmlly on hM trouble or ho would leeo hit resnon , Kerr replied : " 1 kn6w It. 1 can't figure. I get nil confunwl and nil I can do Is to think , think , think " Ulehard Kngclmann was n participant In some of the conversation ! ! with Kerr In re gard to which 'Mr. Kmerson hnd testified and he corroborated hl.i testimony. He also swore that Kcrr'o actions and manner con vinced him that Kerr wns mentally un sound. L. W. Denton of Waterloo told a some what similar story ot his experience with Kcrr nnd expressed the opinion that ho was "crazy as n bedbug. " He hnd told dim so himself several times. Mary E. Kane's testimony was much of the same order- She and her husband oc cupied n farm half a mile went of Kerr's nnd he called on thorn occasionally up to the tlmo of the murder. Kerr could not tnlk about anything but his troubles nnd his appearance nnd manner were wild and excited. Aililltloiinl L'nltfil Stntc * .lurorn. Not having enough jurors to transact the business of the United States court yester day afternoon Clerk Hlllls and Jury Com missioner Tllden drew thirty additional names. The men will report for duty to morrow morning. The parties nro being served by mail and their names follow : A. H. Wilson , Walton ; Thomns Murphy , Omaha ; Edwin Morgan , Lincoln ; T. D. Dlnck , Fremont ; John H. Crow , Tecumsch ! N. H. Field , Tllden ; John Watson , sr. , Wnuneta ; F , M. Brabham , Donedlct ; George Johnson , Beatrice ; John Madison , Frorcnco ; M. Dowllng , North Rend ; Ira Daw son , Uen- nottj Nelson Overton , Nebraska City ; Fred Ulume , Emerson ; Isaac Tolnnd , Greenwood ; C. 13. Cotton Syracuse ; E. M. Chase , Ne braska City ; Harold O. Coolcy , Engle ; J. N. Slovene , Pawnee ; J. B. Allen , Wnhoo ; J. C. Eley , fnvid City ; A. Hay Edmlston , Omaha ; Henry C. Akin , Omaha ; Frank Heeley , Fre mont ; J. P. Latta , Tekamnh ; Samuel Mc- Cllntlc , Eagle ; Joseph Cnrney , Dakota ; An ton Wlrth. Nebraska City ; D. H. Leard , Surprise ; Alex Lavcrty , Ashland. S ie the Union 1'nellle for IjllB.OOO. Angelo Pctretta has sued the Union Pa cific Railroad cojnpany , alleging damages In the sum ot $15,000. The plaintiff alleges Lhat on September 15 , 1S9S , ho was out In Nebraska , but nt what point ho cannot re member. Upon this occasion he wanted to como to Omaha end to reach here ho says : hat ho climbed upon a freight car. A brakeman - man came along nnd demanded ot the plnln- llff thnt ho pay 60 cents or get off the car. The money wns paid and everything went well for n time. Subsequent to this plain tiff eays that the brakcmnn visited htm again nnd this tlmo demanded U In pay ment for the balance of the rldo. This sum was not paid , whereupon the brakeman com pelled the plaintiff to jump from the mov ing train , which he did. In striking the ground the plaintiff avers that he rolled un der the car nnd thnt the wheels cut off ouo ot his arms. Minor Muttern In Court. Judge Dickinson has granted the applica tion of John I. Redlck for the partition oC real estate owned jointly by the applicant and A. C. and O. 0. Redlck. Jerome B. Par- rott , Frank W. Carmlchael and Charles W. Martin are designated as referees. Tomorrow morning Judge Shlras will call the equity docket of the United States court , -after which ho will set the cases for trial. After making the call. It Is expected that both the law and eqnlty sections of court wlir bo kept busy during the balance of the month. Deputy Barber of the United States mar shal's force came In from Hastings yes terday , bringing George Brandt , Charles Autzen and John Buchanan , charged with soiling liquor at Republican City without first having secured a government license. Some weeks ago these men applied for a license to sell liquor : } In Republican City , and when the document came back it per mitted them to carry on their business .it Hastings. Instead of having the license cor rected , they opened their saloon In Repub lican City nnd commenced the sale of liquor , hence the arrest. GRAND LODGE OF WORKMEN Lnrprc Delegation from Omnliii HUM Gone to Lincoln to Attend the Annual ScNxloii. About forty delegates to the grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen , now In session In Lincoln , have gone to the capital city from Omaha. The grand of ficers represented from this city are Dr. J. B. Ralph , grand medical examiner , and Ja cob Jaskalck , member of the finance com mittee. The Omaha delegation -will ask for several things to which they think they are entitled. Lyman Sear ! aspires to bo grand master of the state , while H. Ylngllng , recorder of No. 17 , thinks ho would make an able grand recorder. Dr. Ralph hopes for re-election , nnd as he has given general satisfaction It Is expected that he will not mcot with much opposition , If any , although the. position Is the most desirable from a financial stand point of any of the grand lodge offices. Ledge No. 18 will ask for legislation on two ques tions , one being of Importance to the grand lodge. The first will bo a. decrease of the membership of the grand lodge from 500 to 100. Members of the local lodge will ufgo that n smaller number of delegates can tran sact the business of the superior lodge with Just as much satisfaction and certainly at i decrease of the expense , because the mile- nge alone of the 400 delegates who would bo cut off Is not a small Item. The second question will bo a request to Instruct the delegate to the supreme lodge to ask that Nebraska may be allowed to establish a reserve fund. The present as sessment of members Is conducted upon the level , each member paying thd same. U Is argued that If the assessment were classi fied the number of assessments would bo de creased and the actual cent per annum would be diminished. As Douglas county has one-tenth of the membership of the state members from this locality will doubt less combine their Influence to effect the chango. Mr. Steele reported progress In the work to gain the good will of the Woodmen of the , World and an additional committee was op- pointed to Increase the membership of the order. Miiny Iilvim Snveil. In almost every neighborhood there is came ono whose llfo has been saved b > 4 Chamberlain's Colic. Cborora and Diarrhoea Remedy , or who has been cured of chronic diarrhoea by the use of that medicine , Such persons make a point of telling of It whenever opportunity otters , hoping that It may be the means of saving other lives. MONEY FOR PUBLIC WORK Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars to Bo Expended Upon Olty Streets.v MILES OF NEW PAVEMENT TO BE PUT DOWN lllltK Arc to IU * Onulocl lloirn niul SjMem l i to He Hx- U-ml oil llnrliiK tlic fom- liilt Senaoiti Public Improvements upon the streets , boulevards and sewer system of Omaha this year , aggregating over $100.000 are already assured nnd there is n strong possibility thnt this aggregate will be % cry nearly , If not more than double before the year ends. "Public Improvements to an amount above flOO.OOO nro already In sight , " says City Engineer Rosewnter , "There nro a number of other projects In the air regarding the paving of streets , some of which I have llttlo doubts will bo finally consummated. There is n chance that the total amount ot money spent in improvciupnts upon streets nnd sewers this ycnr will bo over $200,000. $ " There lacry little question that at least ten streets will be either paved or ropavcd this year , for this work has been asked for by taxpayers and their petitions have been granted by the council. Three of these Jobs of paving were let last fall and wore not done because of the bad weather. Work will soon commence or has already com menced upon them. They aie ns follows : Rcpavlng Thirty-second street from Dodge to Davenport , estimated cost , $4,372.49 , con tractor , Hugh Murphy ; paving Mason atreet from Thirty-first to Thirty-third , estimated cost , $3,016.34 , contractor , Grant Paving company ; Fortieth street from Farnam to Jackson , estimated cost , ? COCS.53 , contrac tor , Grant Paving company. In those esti mates of cost , the curbing has not been figured and the aggregate cost of the work will thcroforo bo Increased by a couple of thousand of dollars. HIilN for New Work. At the last meeting of the Board of Pub lic Works bids were received nnd opened for eight other Jobs of paving or repaying. The contracts were not awarded for two reasons. One wns that the thirty days In which the property owners must select the kind of pavement they doslro had not yet expired ; the other was that there Is no money In the Intersection fund and until the council replenishes this fund by selling the $50,000 paving bonds voted last fall no pav ing can bo ordered. The Jobs , together with their estimated costs , based on the lowest bid for asphalt received , aro. as follows : Paving Burt street from Thirty-eighth to Fortieth , estimated cost on a bid ot $1.72 for class A asphalt , submitted by the Grant Paving company , $5,990.10 ; Fifteenth street , from Grace to a point 176 feet south , esti mated cost on a bid of $1.89 a yard , $1- 152.90 ; repaying Thirty-second avenue from Dodge to Farnam street , estimated cost on a bid of $1.49 by the Grant Paving company , $4,116.27 ; paving Dewcy avenue from Thirty- ninth to Fortieth street , estimated cost on a bid for class B asphalt , $1.57 , by Hugh Murphy , $1,768.40 ; repavlng Capitol avenue from Eighteenth to Twentieth street , esti mated cost on a bid of $1.47 by the Grant Paving company , $5,403.84 ; paving Thirty- ninth street from Farjiom street to Dewey avenue , estimated cost on a bid of $1.59 on class B asphalt by the Grant Paving com pany , $3,792.15 ; paving Twenty-fourth from Boyd street to Ames avenue , estimated cost on a bid of $1.87 on class A asphalt by Hugh Murphy , $3,665.14 ; repaying Thirty- second and Woolworth avenues at the north west corner of Hanscom park , estimated cost on a , bid of $1.77 , to Include grading , $1,666.45. None of these estimates .include the cost of curbing , which will add about $3,000. OH IloiilcvnrdH niul Sewer . . All this work Is likely to bo done except the grading do > vn of the hump at the northwest corner of Hanscom park. On eomo of it the thirty days for naming ma terial expires on next Friday. The aggre gate cost of this work and of that ordered last fall amounts to over $50,000. In ad dition to this ordinances have been passed for the paving of Twenty-eighth street from Woolworth avenue to Shirley street , and of Ames avenue from Twenty-fourth to Twenty-seventh street , and bids for this work will eoon be called for. A number of other paving ordinances nro In the coun cil now. The work thnt will 'bo done on the boule vards will depend entirely upon the amount of money that comes Into the road fund from the county. It Is expected that tbo receipts will amount to $15.000 , nnd the entire sum will undoubtedly bo expended this year by the Park commission , A small proportion will bo spent In the maintenance of the boulevards nnd parkways that now exist , but 'by ' far the greater part of the money will bo expended upon the now Tioulevards that are to run northeast nnd southwest from Hnnscom park. The now sewer work to bo done this year will cost about $50,000 , the amount of the sewer bonds that were voted at last fall's election. Almost all of this money will bo spent upon the Power extension it ) the northern part of the city , ns already planned by City Engineer Rcsewater. Bids for the construction of this work will bo received soon , but the work Itself can not commence until the council authorizes the sale of the sewer bonds. HOUSE MOVING ORDINANCE ItK Violation I/onilN to the ArroHt of Pour Men niul it Text Cn e AVI11 lie the Failure to comply with the ordinance governing house-moving led to the arrest of Antono Kmcnt , Joe Kment , Vaclav Vobrll and Vaclav Foreman yesterday. They entered a pled of not guilty , nnd the case was set for trial May 16 , as the defendants deelaro they will test the validity of the ordinance. Building Inspector Duller caused the ar- rebt. Ho says ho notified the defendants that they must not move the house from near Thirteenth and Castellnr streets ns In tended because they had not compiled with the terras of the ordinance. The ordinance provides that a housomover or nny person contemplating the transfer of a building must obtain the consent of property own ers 150 feet In each direction from the lot on which ho purposes placing the house , Ho must also Have the consent of those holders of property 100 feet each way on If it Would Get Warm- Wo could sell more Ice cream than wo could make as It Is wo are belling moro than ever of our famous Neapoli tan IJrlcks perhaps Its because wo have reduced the price td quart BOc at this price wo will deliver them any where In Omaha all lluvoiv. The little - tlo barrels that you can put In your pocket are only -JOc for qunrt Blzex " .Oe for pints they will stay frozen for hours and you can oafcly carry them In your pocket on the hottest day. BALDUFFS , Uacb-lbU to 230. Supper-3iJO 1520 Fnrnam Bt , Cheap washing soaps and powders , too , With alkali are strong ; The dire destruction which they do Is sure to show ere long. But Ivory Soap will never hurt The fabric , howe'er tender ; It makes short work of stain and dirt. But no work for the mender. ' COFTRIOHT moo BY IHt PROCUR 1 QAMBLI CO CINCINNATI the opposite side of the street. When ho secures this ho mny apply for n permit , nnd Mr. Butler sa > s It wns because Mr. Kment had not obtained the consent ot these prop erty owners that the penult for tlio removal of the building was refused. Mr. Kmcnt believes that the ordinance Is Invalid , and says ho intends to find out positively. Ills reason for doing so Is that If a housemovor or resident who desired lo make a change In n building had ono enemy In that block or v > as unable to secure the consent of BOIIIO non-resident property owner It would bo Impossible for him to placa a. building on his property no matter in what good repair It might be. DEFEAT OF REPAYING PLANS lYoiirenlilent Property Owner * Will Prevent the Improvement of I'nriimu Street. For n year the Farnam street merchants have been working on a scheme to secure the repavlng of the street from Tenth to Fifteenth and ns a result of their labors they have a petition for the Improvement signed by the owners of 2,500 of the 3,000 feet of property abutting upon the street. The owners of the remaining BOO feet , how ever , are steadfastly holding out against the improvement. They are non-resident property owners who hold the real estate chlelly for speculative purposes. The charter declares that the city council may order repavlng without petition and subject to protest from the owners of a majority of the abutting property. As City Attorney Connell reads this law , however , this power Is reposed In the council only when the old paving on nny street Is worn out. Where the pavement Is in good condi tion , as on Farnam street , the council can not legally order repaying except on a unanimous petition. If the work Is done , the city attorney says , the tax for the pave ment will be unquestionably declared Illegal and the city will have to pay the cost. INDIANS ASSAULT HERDERS Threaten to Drive Pcoplo Out of the Itvcciitly Opouod I'nrt ot _ IteNervntloii. DENVER , May 9. A special to the Times from Durango , Colo. , says : News was re ceived here today that Weasel Skin and some other Indians had terribly beaten a number of Mexican borders over on the Lower Florida mesa , near the Animas river , nnd had killed flvo 'head ' of horses anl a largo herd of sheep belonging to the Mexi cans' employers. The Indians threaten moro extreme measures If the white people do not kcop away. It seems difficult for some of the Indians to learn that this part of their former reservation is now the white man's property. It is suspected that Buck skin Charley Is at the bottom of the trouble. Sheriff Thompson left with a posse for the scene of the disturbance and will bring the tnruly redskins to this city and lodge them In Jail. It is thought that the officers may experience gome difficulty in doing this , for many of the Indians feel that they have been Imposed upon. The Indians In question are twelve miles from hero. I Oo - ArkniiMiiH One Hotter. AUSTIN , Tex. , May 9. The state senate today passed finally its anti-trust bill. When originally Introduced the bill was Identical with the Arkansas law. It has been mate- When those Philippines Kot over hero wo nro going lo show them a shoo for their money Unit will JiiBt knock any ? : i..r > o shoe they or nny other full-Brown man over saw try a much ns we will we can't describe this shoo unless saying that it looks like the llvo dollar ones describes It If yon don't want to come In the store , Just look nt the tan beauties In the window then be honosl buy whore yon got the best shoo Wo put our gnaranUto | back of every pair of these $ ; i.riO shoes , | Orexel Shoe Co. , 1 Onmlia'v Up-to-date Shoe HaoM , 1419 l-'ARNAJl STltCBT. New biiriiiH Ciitnlotvne uoiv rouily hunt for the nitUliiK , The New Klmball Piano- Like its predecessor , Is the lender of them all made in the largest piano factory in the world Uirgost bocaiiBu of the merit and consoijn.-nt demand for Its products The Klmlmlls we are showing now are moro beautiful If pon- bible tlinn any wo have ever hud before the tone Is perfect tin notion nil that could bo desired Nothing to wear outer or get out of place In the now Klmball - special low prices for this week with our usually easy terms We celebrate our SBtli bunlneca aitnl * ver arr Oct. 23rd , 180D , Music and Art 1513 Douglas. llally amended , however , nnd Is dccldodfy more drastic in Its provisions than the Ar kansas law. KEEPS HIS VIEWS TO HIMSELF I2x-PreMdeiit Hnrrlxoii ritMlllliiK to Stute III * Position on NEW YORK , May 9. Ex-Prcsldont Harri son , who Is In this city cnrouto to England , for which country ho sails on May 17 to not ns chief counsel for Venezuela In the bound ary dispute , said todny that ho thought the case would bo of two or three months' dura tion. They expected in begin sessions about Juno 15. In reply to the question , "Aro you an expansionist ? " the ex-president la quoted ns saying that ho had views on the subject which ho was not ready nt present to rnako public. 'IVxiiH tJoe Into Dry Doric. NEW YORK , May S. The battleship Texan went Into dry dock at the Brooklyn navy yard todny. The cruisers Now York and Brooklyn will follow after the battleship baa been cleaned. Admiral Sampson said tbo ships would nil bo ready within thirty days. He added : "Tho most extensive repairs will be to the Now York .and will Include a now ammunition hoist. When wo are nil ready for sea wo will proceed to Newport foi maneuvers as far east as Calais , Mo. , lu order that all may fntulllarlza themselves with the coast of that region. " Foiloratlon of Mu.sloliiiiN. MILWAUKEE. May 11. The American Federation of Musicians opened Its fourth nnnual convention hero today with about forty delegates in attendance. The feature of the first session was the address of Presi dent Owen Miller of St. Louis. Ho urged further work In the line of orgnnlzing now branches. The federation , ho said , had n membership of 9fiG3. The National Lcaguo of Musicians will mcot this week , when action towards con solidation with the federation will bo taken. Worth Octx Uulto a Itnko-OlT. NEW YORK , May 9. The commissioners of accounts made n ropojt today to Mayor VanWyck , In which It is stated that Jacob Worth , while county clerk of Kings county , received $111,647 moro for rcfllng records than the amount to which ho was entitled. Prescriptions Wont stand anysubatl. tutlnfj nor will you take your proscriptions whore substituting- nl- lowed If you know it Wo placn behind oty .dork * ono of the mnet complete stocks of nuro fronli Drugs In the West and no matter what the proscriptions , brinff it to us und wo will fill It properly at a very , reasonable coat. THE AIDE & PENFOLD CO. , Lnrceit Iletail Draff Houve. 14O8 Farnam. OMAHA. OPPOSITE PAXTON HOTEL